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The young pig must often suffer for what the old sow did.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about suffering, old, olderness

The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He is young enough who has health, and he is rich enough who has no debts.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth

No man is so young he cannot teach, or so old he cannot learn.

Proverbs and old sayings about man, old, olderness

If you lie upon roses when young, you will lie upon thorns when old.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, old, olderness

Learned young is done old.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

The old ones sing, the young ones pipe.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

The young ravens are beaked like the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

What the old ones sing, the young ones whistle.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

A young ewe and an old ram, every year bring forth a lamb.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

A young wife, new bread, and green wood devastate a house.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wife, home, house

A young doctor makes a humpy churchyard.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A man may die old at thirty and young at eighty.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man, old, olderness

You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders.

Proverbs and old sayings English about heads, old, olderness

Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old.

Proverbs and old sayings English about thieves, old, olderness

Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.

Proverbs and old sayings English about children, mother, old, olderness

The old man looks death in the eye, the young man keeps him behind his back.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about death, man, old, olderness

A young branch can be straightened, a mature one breaks.

Proverbs and old sayings

As we grow older our bad qualities make us younger.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about bad luck, bad

Old cats love young mice.

Proverbs and old sayings French about love, old, olderness